Re: [Py2exe-users] Making .exe for windows 7

Astan Chee wrote:
> Hi,
> Sorry for the late reply but the error went away when I ran it using
> "Run As administrator" function . Thanks to whoever suggested using
> that. It worked!
indeed and you will find that a <programname>.log file was created. I
believe even regardless if there is any output to stderror or not.
The suggestion to start the program with
import sys,os
sys.stderror=os.path.join(os.environ[u'appdata'], u'MyApp')
worked great for me
> Thanks
> Astan
>
> Werner F. Bruhin wrote:
>> Astan,
>>
>> Astan Chee wrote:
>>
>>> Werner F. Bruhin wrote:
>>>
>>>> Astan Chee wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Werner F. Bruhin wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I did that before I move my dev machine to Win 7 and had no problems.
>>>>>> I now py2exe my app in Win 7 and deploy to Win 7, Vista and XP without
>>>>>> any problem.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Access is denied" points to a permission issue and I don't think this
>>>>>> is caused by py2exe.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How do you install it on Win 7? Are you making sure that nothing user
>>>>>> writable is installed into "program files" folder - this is not
>>>>>> permitted as of Vista already.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>> What is the answer to the above?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I don't install on windows 7. I install python (and everything else in
>>> windows XP) and then build the .exe and then copy it (and the entire
>>> dist and build folder) over to a windows 7 machine. When I double click
>>> the .exe, nothing happens. When I try to run it from a cmd terminal, it
>>> says Access is Denied, and nothing else. I didn't copy it to a program
>>> files folder, but another generic folder that has correct and necessary
>>> permissions.
>>> I havent tried it on a vista machine because I don't have one to test it on.
>>>
>> You don't need the build folder.
>>
>> Is any app log file generated when you run the .exe?
>>
>> I most of the time generate two exe's one using the windows option and
>> the other using the console option.
>>
>> In a case like yours I would then try to run the console option on the
>> Win 7 machine from a cmd.exe window. Hopefully you will see better/more
>> meaning full error.
>>
>>
>>>> Can you try to build the test script from the following wiki page?
>>>>
>>>> http://wiki.wxpython.org/Deployment
>>>>
>> How did this go for you? Could you build this little test script on
>> your XP machine and then run it on your Win 7 machine?
>>
>> Werner
>>
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